Notable Athens Chronicle timeline of city events 1975
A chronological list from May to August detailing Athens city and OU happenings. Notable items include Hocking River drowning considered possible homicide, Lasher Hall dedication, code enforcement staffing debates, a route renaming, courthouse and hospital moves, and budget cuts at OU. Also mentions a murder indictment, road projects, and a 2.9 million sale of Bromley Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking
Crewson
Lasher
Hocking High School
Barrett
Columbia Avenue
East State
Bromley Hall
Insurance Company
Hocking River
Donald Johnson
Athens
Mason County Development Site Purchased for Industrial Park
After a year of negotiations the Mason County Development Authority bought 60.7 acres for an industrial park near the old TNT plant by the Mason County Fairgrounds. The $1 800 per acre land sale was funded by local banks with a $150 000 Farmers Home Administration grant sought for streets and sewage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Development Authority
Mason County Commissioners
Charleston
Martin Bowler
L. F. Poffenbarger
Jerome Goldberg
Citizens and Peoples Bank of
Mason County Bank of New Haven
Robert Wingett
Farmers Home Administration
TNT
Mason County Fairgrounds
Point Plesant
Radio Use Aids Oil Worker After Arm Entrapment
An oil well worker on Maysville Williams Road used a citizen band radio to summon help after his arm became entangled between the counter weight and the Pitman arm on a pump jack. Larry Horn was freed by deputies and transported to Hocking Valley Community Hospital. He was later moved to Lancaster Fairfield Hospital for further treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Maysville-Williams Road
Hocking County
Horn
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Lancaster Fairfield Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
City Hall
New OU College
OU Coed
College Green
Council
Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Floyd Sarff
Athens Mental Health Center
Zoning Commission
Havar House
Civil Service Employes Association
City
Monticello Village
Gerald Mollica
Nigeria
Ust
OU Architecture
University
Gene Brundige
GenTel
West Union Street
St. Paul's School
Sunday Creek
Valley Water Association
Rhodes
OU College of Osteopathy
Philip Kinnard
DAV
Union
OU Fund
Berry Hall
Hocking School
Sheriff
Messenger
Court Union Street
Truckers
Ohio University
Mason County
Ment Administration
Mason
the Messenger
Ohio
Thurs
Uncle Sam
Security Bank
the Security Bank
FDIC
Vember F.d.lc
Logan’s
Logan’s Dress Shop
Court & Union
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